America may be unique in being a country which has leapt from barbarism to decadence without touching civilization.
– John O'Hara
An artist is his own fault.
– John O'Hara
Little old ladies of both sexes. Why do I let them bother me?
– John O'Hara
Much as I like owning a Rolls-Royce, I could do without it. What I could not do without is a typewriter, a supply of yellow second sheets and the time to put them to good use.
– John O'Hara
So who's perfect? Washington had false teeth. Franklin was nearsighted. Mussolini had syphilis. Unpleasant things have been said about Walt Whitman and Oscar Wilde. Tchaikovsky had his problems, too. And Lincoln was constipated.
– John O'Hara
They say great themes make great novels. but what these young writers don't understand is that there is no greater theme than men and women.